New Life Movement

This book gives a large overview of the history of China. This source would be useful for researching a variety of topics on the history of China. There are sections that focus on the New Life Movement. This was a time when China faced many threats of rising Japanese militarism, factionalism and communism, and this Movement was an attempt to counter these threats through traditional Chinese morality. This book explores these subjects, along with providing information on more general Chinese history.

This article is published on a website called “E-International Relations Students” which is the world’s leading open access website for students and scholars of international politics. This article is written by Mike Pitstick and talks about the differences and similarities between China’s New Life Movement and the Cultural Revolution. There are direct quotes from General Chaing Kai-shek as well as other credited articles and scholars. The article goes into detail about certain influences and results of each event and how they overlap. All references are listed at the bottom and the many professional journals, articles, and texts are provided.

This article is from The Journal of Asian Studies. It is written by Arif Dirlik, and it looks at the ideological foundations of the New Life Movement. It talks about Chiang Kai-sheks quest to revolutionize Chinese LIfe.This study looks at a close analysis of New Life ideology looking in a world view, also focusing on several conceptions of politics and society demonstrating conservatism and revolutionary claims of the New Life Movement. This movement was led by Chiang Kai-shek in the hopes of revolutionizing Chinese Life. This article is great for getting basic information on the New Life Movement, on the ideologies and how it impacted China at the time.

Sun Yat Sen

This book is a biography of Sun Yat-sen who was the first president of the Republic of China. He is claimed to be the Founding Father of China because of the political and intellectual legacy he left. This book talks about the life and work of Sun Yat-sen and the way that it has been distorted myths. It focuses on events that turned him into the founder of the Chinese Republic and leader of a great national movement. This book follows Sun Yat-sen’s life looking at his formative years and the way he developed into a revolutionary leader. It also looks at the awakening of Chinese nationalism and founding of revolutionary alliance.

This video is documentary on Sun Yat Sen and how he influenced China's History. The video was published in 2015 by a YouTube Channel "IT'S HISTORY". The Channel is a creditable and reliable channel that helps viewers discover the most important world eras and the minds that changed history. The channel is sponsored by Mediacraft Networks and provides an entertaining yet informational look into the life and leadership of Sun Yat Sen. The documentaries published on this channel contain material licensed from British Pathe, which is a dynamic cross-media company and a market leader in the licensing of footage to the broadcast industry.

Chiang Kai Shek

This book is a detailed biography of Chiang Kai-shek who was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the China between 1928 and 1975. The biography maps out his riotous political career and evaluates his brave yet unfulfilled life. The acclaimed author, Jonathan Fenby explores little-known connections and facts in Chiang’s story about how he led the Nationalist movement in China and survived the political storms of 1930s, all while his power was being undermined by the Japanese on one side and the Chinese Communists on the other. This biography is a remarkable insight on a man who despite his best intentions, helped create modern-day China.

This encyclopedia gives a biography of Chiang Kai- shek’s life. It talks about the beginning of his military career and his years in Shanghai. It explains the overlap between Sun Yat- sen, a close association that eventually helped him gain and build his power. It talks about the bloody coup in 1927 that expelled them from the Nationalist Party and Chiang’s commitment to social reform. This reference looks at his life as a young boy, into his military years, , the ways that he reorganized the Nationalist Party. Chiang worked hard toward reunifying the country. It talks about the way Chaing began the New Life Movment in order to inculacate Confucian morals. It explains the way that he “lost China” for not having a higher vision or coherent plan for making deep social and economic changes needed to bring Chinese society into the 20th century. Overall this is a great source that gives an overall general look at Chiang Kai-shek’s life. It is a good reference source that provides general information that will be useful for further research.

One Child Policy

Based on surveys and ethnographic research in China the book explores the economic, social, and physiological consequences of the government's decision to limit families to only having one child. These children who were born under the one-child family policy are now reaching adulthood and there are interesting consequences. The author lived with teenage only children and observed their homes and classrooms for 27 months between 1997 and 2002. Only Hope shows how the one-child policy has reached its goal but also affected many homes in a negative way. This book explores how adults are now left to care for their parents, grandparents, and parents-in-law. Many of the people that the author researched and observed aspire to elite status but only few can attain it, leading to increased stress, competition and parent involvement. This book explores the success of the one-child policy as well the many consequences.

This video was published by the Wall Street Journal in 2015 after China announced that families would be allowed to have two children without conditions for the first time. Even though the One Child Policy is gone, there are still problems arising for couples trying to start families. This video talks about five different hurdles that couples are facing in China while trying to start and care for a family. The five hurdles include: the couple must be married before having children, the couple notify the family planning bureau before they becoming pregnant with the second child, the couple must follow the family planning rules, the family must provide equal treatment for the second child, and they must deal with the household-registration system. This video gives insight into the problems that come with these regulations and rules.

This CNN Interview was published in 2015 when the One Child Policy was put to an end in China. The interview is with Jonathan Fenby, and China expert. During his time with CNN he talks about how right now there is a gender imbalance and the China could soon become even more overpopulated. He does say though that even thought a baby boom would be predicted there might not be one because it is so expensive to raise a child in China. He also goes into the restricting that the law puts on the their people. Even though China is moving in the right direction of freedom and rights, it will still take a very long time for all constrains to lifted.

The encyclopedia includes a definition and description of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), and the responsibilities of this administration. The information published about the CNSA is relevant until 2011 when the encyclopedia was released. The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding, and researchers and students in adjacent fields of astrobiology can use this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work and the expert field editors intend for their contributions, from an internationally comprehensive perspective, to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology.

China in Space
by Brian Harvey

ISBN: 9781461450436

Publication Date: 2013-03-27

This book covers many facets of the Chinese space program until 2013, and what China is working on for the future. The book gives a brief history of the space program in China, and includes generally unknown information on the missions, personalities, spacecraft, launchers, and budgets. The author provides authoritative and investigative information in a factual narrative, and discusses the role of China in the international spacefaring community of the world. It also contains easy to access lists and descriptions of all Chinese launches and missions they have completed. The book has factual, informative data from China’s space program that is easy to read and comprehend. The author is a space writer, author and broadcaster who has written articles on spaceflight from the 1970s in such magazines as Orbit, Astronomy and Space and Spaceflight and for newspapers such as the Sunday Press and the Irish Independent.

Space Science is sponsored by China Academy of Space Technology， is an academic and technical journal which introduces Chinese spacecraft engineering technology. The first publication of this journal was published in June 1981. The purpose of the journal is to communicate scientific research achievements, explore advanced technology, activate academic research, encourage the growth of elites, and serve space undertaking. The content of the contribution is focused on research paper, technical report, special discussion, technological review and so on, which comprehensively report research achievements, technological creativities, academic comments and experience summaries of Chinese space science and technology, as well as academic discussion of Chinese space science and technology development strategies. For thirty-four years, this journal has been rewarded as an excellent academic and technical journal of space industry five times, and excellent technical journal of national defense industry twice.

CNN reported the exclusive footage from Beijing on May 28, 2015 on China’s secret space program. China wants a better cooperation in space with other nations, particularly the United States. Fifteen nations including the United States, Russia and Japan cooperate on International Space Station missions, but China's involvement has always been a non-starter because of longstanding resistance from U.S. legislators. In 2011, Congress passed an act to bar NASA from having any bilateral contact with individuals of the Chinese space program because of national security fears. China said that outer space had become an area of "strategic competition." The footage is reported by David McKenzie who is an award-winning international correspondent for CNN based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The article was published March 17, 2015 by Leonard David on Space.com. Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and is co-author of Buzz Aldrin's 2013 book "Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration" published by National Geographic. The article describes China’s rockets, the Long March series, and their new technology, fuel, and engine dynamics. The article also discusses China’s new plans for a moon mission in the future that is individually funded that is aimed at boosting aerospace innovations. The article is intended to inform the reader on China’s current technology and innovations on their space program progress, and future goals and plans.

The article was published on the popular mechanics website on March 10, 2015 by John Wenz, and describes China’s plan to launch a second space station. John Wenz is a Popular Mechanics writer and space obsessive based in Philadelphia. The Tiangong-2 is set to launch in 2016. It will go into orbit aboard a Long Rocket 5 and replace the nation's current space station, the Tiangong-1. The new space station will be able to accommodate three crew members. The new project represents the second of three planned space habitations by the Chinese space agency. The agency is currently recruiting astronauts for the second space habitation. The article is current and up to date to inform a general audience on the latest plans of China and their space program.

Demographics

Population Reference Bureau (PRB) was founded in 1929, and the PRB is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. PRB informs policymakers, educators, the media, and concerned citizens working in the public interest around the world through a broad range of activities, including publications, information services, seminars and workshops, and technical support. The bulletin was published in June 2004 and covers mortality decline, fertility decline, population and the environment in China in the 20th century. The bulletin covers many facets of the demographics of Chine throughout the entire country for that century.

This is a very recent article published on the Huffington Post website by Roger D Barris. Barris is an American who has lived in Europe for over 20 years and currently manages his own real estate investment business. His articles are straightforward and give us insight into financial and political issues around the world. This article is about how in China, with sex-selective abortions, the ratio of boys to girls has grown to 116 to 100. He also goes into the large population of elderly community members. This is all very relevant to issues China is facing and how they are going to face the population growth.

Mao Tse-tung

The biography of Mao Tse-tung was published on the website by the Biography.com editors, and is published by A&E Television Networks. Mao Tse-tung was born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, Mao Tse-tung served as chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959, and led the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death. Mao's "Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution were ill-conceived and had disastrous consequences, but many of his goals, including stressing China's self-reliance, were generally laudable. The website discusses Mao Tse-tungs leadership and its successes and dowfalls as a communist party. It also discusses some of Tse-tung’s interactions with the United States. The article gives detailed information on his life, and his leadership in China that can be used for research and general information for the public. The publish date of the information on the website is unknown.